Opinion

Pauline v. Fitzpatrick

  • 154 Cal. App. 2d 872
  • 318 P.2d 84
  • 1957 Cal. App. LEXIS 1715
Court
California Court of Appeal
Filed
Oct 7, 1957
Status
Published
Author
Bray
On the bench
Bray
Cited by
76 cases
Authority
More cited than 98.4%

a provision contained in a lease of studio' facilities stating that the tenant agreed “to save [the landlord] harmless from all .:. damage ... and/or liability ... imposed upon [the landlord] by reason of injury ... to ... any ... person ... arising out of and in connection with the use by [the tenant] of [the leased] premises ...” held insufficient to constitute an indemnification against the landlord’s own negligence

How later courts described this case

  • a provision contained in a lease of studio' facilities stating that the tenant agreed “to save [the landlord] harmless from all .:. damage ... and/or liability ... imposed upon [the landlord] by reason of injury ... to ... any ... person ... arising out of and in connection with the use by [the tenant] of [the leased] premises ...” held insufficient to constitute an indemnification against the landlord’s own negligence
  • “The reciprocal rights and duties of several insurers who have covered the same event do not arise out of contract, for their agreements are not with each other”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

BRAY, J.

Motion by respondents to dismiss appeal on ground of failure of appellants to file opening brief. Motion by appellants to stay appeal.

A complete history of the proceedings in this matter is set forth in Estate of Doran, No. 17513, this day decided (see Estate of Doran, ante, p. 230 [ 316 P.2d 83 ].)

For the reasons set forth in said decision the motion to stay appeal is denied and the motion to dismiss is granted.

Peters, P. J., and Wood (Fred B.), J., concurred.

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